The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.

A surname originating as an occupation for a butcher.

plural of butchering

Involving butchery, or violent bloodshed.

plural of butcherer

One who butchers; a brutal or indiscriminate killer.

A hook used by a butcher for hanging carcasses or meat. / (Cockney rhyming slang, singular only) Synonym of butcher's

Alternative spelling of butchers' knife

(UK, Ireland, derogatory) The Union Jack.

plural of butcher's hook